Freeths LLP

Freeths LLP offers ‘comprehensive and refreshingly contemporary legal service’, covering all aspects of environmental law, including environmental regulatory and compliance advice, navigating environmental constraints in planning applications, and challenging authority decisions. With particular expertise in natural capital law, the team is jointly led by Penny Simpson in Sheffield and Alison Ogley, based in Leeds. The ’excellent’ Simpson brings over two decades of experience as environmental solicitor, with focus on natural environmental law and natural capital law; while Ogley, praised for her ‘attention to detail’, is well versed within civil environmental matters, handling matters related to judicial reviews, high courts challenges and environmental permit appeals. They are supported by Emma Conwell, who is a name to note in relation to environmental due diligence and biodiversity net gain issues.